HU Credits:
1
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Medicine
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Ein Karem
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Emeritus Jehoash Hirshberg
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday 10-11 with appointment
Teaching Staff:
Ms. Sofia Mazar, Prof Jehoash Hirshberg, Dr. Hagit Peleg
Course/Module description:
Acquaintance with the medium of Italian and French opera. In depth discussion of three operas
Course/Module aims:
Acquaintance with the emotional-aesthetic experience of opera
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To feel and understand the emotional experience of opera and its dramatic means
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture, shared ink, video demonstrations
Course/Module Content:
The birth of opera: humanism, Italian language and Greek myth
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Orfeo Orfeo (1607)
Orfeo's lament for the death of Euridice
Orfeo prayer at the entrance to Shaul: The power of music overcomes death
Lecturer: Sonia Mazar
Mozart (1756-1791), the marriage of Figaro (1786)
Marriage of Figaro (cont.)
Gilles Massena (1842-1912) Werther (1892)
Vardi, the masquerade ball
The Mask Ball, continued
A meeting with singer Rivka Falk at the Hadassah Auditorium
Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Salome (1905)
The masquerade ball
The lesson will take place at the Hadassah Auditorium:
A meeting with singer Odelia Zagori and pianist Sonia Mazar
Required Reading:
Viewing of three operas; reading of material included in syllabu
Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam / Home Exam 15 %
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Referat 55 %
Attendance / Participation in Field Excursion 30 %
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